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POPSObama-box Live Inside the mind of a gamer: "Should I vote BEFORE or AFTER I upgrade my character to Level 10?"
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POPSLess Filthy Rich America's top CEOs will still earn big bucks, but the corporate boards have yet to figure out how to make it so. Expect to see some tweaking of exec pay packages in the coming months. Calling all consultants.
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POPSCEO-Speak In a time when investors barely believe what comes out of a CEOs' mouths, how could one be so vague. Either that or there are tremendous quotable omissions in the story. That's doubtful.
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POPSNo Nonsense NFL So now NFL franchises are sending their players to the principal's office when they're insubordinate? Goodell proved he doesn't mess around. Lookout, Pacman.
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POPSHot Seat Reserved For Fuld Similar hearings last year grilling corporate America's top dogs about "unjustified" compensation amounted to nothing. It's likely the same will transpire in this hearing.
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POPSOpen Mouth, Insert Bill Either Americans will come out of this election with a greater distaste for McCain (most certainly Republicans) or just everyone on Capitol Hill. The dust could be settled Thursday with another vote.
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POPSYeah But Who's Right? McCain Or Obama? It remains to be seen who made the best move Wednesday. Was McCain smart in abandoning his campaign for a chance at making a difference in Capitol Hill? Was Obama wise to stand fast and await the debates? In a few hours, maybe it won't matter.
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POPSFriday Night Lights If voters haven't already chosen sides after the debate postponement issue, both candidates racing tight into Friday's showdown. Advice for the candidates, according to Rove's column: be perfect.
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POPSNewbie Knows Best? Palin gets a C+ for clarity in her answers and a B- for delivery. It's obvious political leaders rehearse before media interviews, it's just not supposed to come off as such. Overall, not bad for her first big-time hit.
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POPSThe CEO Wants His Chair A move like this is important in any board's effort to remain independent of a company's senior management. The directors are the police. The separation of CEO and chairman roles eliminates questionable bias.
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POPSStill No CEO Whoever the next CEO, he had better bring big ideas to the table. It's going to take more than Vin Diesel's name on the cover to boost sales, especially in the wake of Grand Theft Auto IV.
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POPSHad to See This Comin' Some analysts saw a Circuit City buyout on the horizon, but were thinking it would be from private money, not a Blockbuster deal.
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POPSGame Time How is the next guy supposed to make Midway competitive with a fraction of the research and development budget that fuels the competition?
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POPSWin-Win for New E*Trade Chief In all likelihood, E*Trade's stock price is going to climb enough as business improves to levels where Layton will be smiling and if it turns out that the company is sold, it's a huge windfall for him. He end up being one of the wealthiest guy getting 10% of a paycheck.
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POPSFirst Take Two, Now Circuity City? This scenario could bear many of the same qualtiies as the Take Two board ouster in March 2007. Boardroom changes made, competitor makes bid for the weakened company within a year.
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POPSTwo months paid vacation! The Family and Medical Leave Act is necessary, but needs adjustment so business leaders can be shown the same respect they show their employees.
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POPSThanks, pal It's not purely the fault of leadership in this case, but it is certainly the responsibility of SocGen management to fix the problem. In times like this, unfortunately, everyone else suffers...for now. Thanks, Jerome.